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Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Jane M Clayton
Categories: Whalers (Persons)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-01 - Publisher: Jane M Clayton

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A reference book listing almost 600 whale ships employed in the Southern Fishery from Britain for the first forty years of that industry. A snapshots of the 'li
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Authors: Jane M. Clayton and Charles A. Clayton
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A reference book providing a snapshot of the life histories of more than fifty shipowners investing in the South Sea Whale Fishery over a forty year period. It
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A Game of Chance
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Nelson's Pathfinders
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The remarkable story of how a handful of intrepid scientific navigators underpinned British naval dominance in the conflict with Napoleon During the Napoleonic